AHSEC| CLASS 12| ENGLISH| SOLVED PAPER - 2016| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2016
English
Full marks: 100
Times: 3 hours
Section A
(Reading Skills: 10 Marks)
1. Read the following passage carefully:
At 4.30 P.M.
Abha brought in the last meal he was ever to eat; it consisted of goat's milk,
cooked and raw vegetables, oranges and a concoction of ginger, sour lemons and
strained butter with juice of aloe. Sitting on the floor of his room in the
rear of Birla House in New Delhi, Gandhi ate and talked with Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel, Deputy Prime Minister of the new government of independent India.
Maniben, Patel's daughter and secretary, was also present. The conversation was
important. There had been rumours of differences between Patel and Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. This problem, like so many others, had been dropped
into the Mahatma's lap.
Abha, alone with
Gandhi and the Patels, hesitated to interrupt. But she knew Gandhi's attachment
to punctuality. Finally, therefore, she picked up the Mahatma's nickel-plated
watch and showed it to him. 'I must tear myself away', Gandhi remarked, and so
saying he rose, went to the adjoining bathroom and then started towards the
prayer ground in the large park to the left of the house. Abha, the young wife
of Kanu Gandhi, grandson of the Mahatma's cousin, and Manu, the granddaughter
of another cousin, accompanied him; he leaned his forearms on their shoulders.
'My walking sticks', he called them.
During the daily
two-minute promenade through the long, red-sandstone colonnade that led to the
prayer ground, Gandhi relaxed and joked. Now, he mentioned the carrot juice
Abha had given him that morning.
'So you are
serving me cattle fare,' he said, and laughed.
'Ba used to call
it horse fare', Abha replied. Ba was Gandhi's deceased wife.
'Isn't it grand
of me', Gandhi bantered, 'to relish what no one else wants?'
'Bapu (father),
said Abha, 'your watch must be feeling very neglected. You would not look at it
today.'
'Why should I,
since you are my timekeepers?' Gandhi retorted.
'But you don't
look at the timekeepers,' Manu noted. Gandhi laughed again.
On the basis
of your reading of the passage answer the following questions:
(a) What did
Gandhi eat in his last meal? 2
Ans:- In
his last meal, Gandhi ate goat's milk, cooked and raw vegetables, oranges,
ginger decoction, sour lemon and strained butter with aloe vera juice.
(b) Who were
the persons present when Gandhi ate his last meal? 2
Ans:- Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, the Deputy Prime Minister of independent India was present
there along with Maniben, his daughter and secretary.
(c) What was
the problem that had been dropped into Gandhi's lap? 2
Ans:- There
were rumors that there were some differences between Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru and Patel. It was the problem of being dropped in Gandhi's lap that they
were about to discuss.
(d) Why did
Abha show Gandhi the nickel-plated watch? 2
Ans:- Abha
did not want Gandhi to forget his prayer time in the conversation. So he showed
her the watch.
(e) Who were
the timekeepers of Gandhi? 1
Ans:- Abha,
wife of Kanu Gandhi; And Manu, the granddaughter of Gandhi's cousin, was
Bapuji's timekeeper.
(f) What is
the cattle fare referred to? 1
Ans:- The
cattle being referred to here is goat's milk.
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Section - B
(Advanced Writing Skills: 25 marks)
2. Design an attractive poster for promoting cleanliness
in your neighbourhood. (Maximum 50 words)
5
Ans:
Clean city campaign
One small step from
you
Can fulfill the dream
of
"Clean
India"
Cleaning is not a job
But
A good earning habits
Healthy Life
Do not forget;
Make cleanliness a
habit
Never compromise on
cleanliness
As necessary as food
and water
Cleanliness matters
Keep your city clean
(Issued in public
interest by Swachh Bharat Group)
Or
You are Arun
Das/Arunima Das, a resident of 16, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Tinsukia. You have
lost a black handbag containing valuable documents while travelling from Digboi
to Tinsukia by bus. Draft an advertisement in not more than 50 words, for
publication in an English daily giving detail of the bag, mentioning when you
have lost it and giving your contact address requesting the finder to return it
to you.
Ans:
LOST
29th September, 2012
A black leather
handbag (pink border) was lost in a night bus named "Madhuchanda"
going from Digboi to Tinsukia on 19-09-2012. Bus no. AS-01 P-2117. Valuable
papers, documents at stake. The informer will be rewarded.
Please contact:
Arun Das/Arunima Das
16 Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar,
Tinsukia: 781156
Phone no.: xxxxx65208.
3. You are an eyewitness to a road accident in which a
school-going boy was killed and many passengers were injured. As a press
reporter of an English Daily write a report about the accident in 100-125
words. You are Nitu/Saurav. 10
Ans:
ROAD ACCIDENT
“Drink and Driving”
Guwahati,
September 28, 2016, English Daily:
I Saurav I am an
eye witness of a road accident in which a school student was killed and several
passengers were injured. The driver had drunk but he was driving he lost his
control and killed a school boy who had just left the school at that time he
rode the car on the footpath he dashed the people present there. He then rammed
the car into a wall and fled the scene, then someone called an ambulance. The
ambulance came and those who were badly injured checked on the boy but the boy
was dead.
He called his parents;
they were crying a lot. I am the witness of Sourav Road accident; I think the
driver should get very bad punishment from the court.
Or
You attended
the Edufair, 2015, organised by Assam Tribune Pvt. Ltd. In Guwahati in which
some top colleges and universities of India participated and gave information
about their undergraduate and graduate programmes. Write a detailed account of
the fair in 100-125 words. You are Parveen/Pravin.
Ans:
EDUFAIR,
2011
Written by Pravin
Baruah
Last year I had the opportunity to participate in the Edufair, 2011 organized by Assam Tribune (P) Ltd. on 15th and 16th September at Don Bosco School premises. The aim was to help young aspiring minds fulfill their academic aspiration and choose their career goals by introducing themselves to new avenues in various disciplines. Some of the top universities and colleges of the country participated in this Edufair. It was an interactive session where eminent personalities from various universities and colleges gave information about their undergraduate and graduate programmes. Sufficient time was given to the interested students to interact with them and get all the answers to their queries. He explained the requirements and procedures for joining various courses, besides supplying them with prospectus and other literature related to those courses. Edufair started with a seminar, which emphasized the need to create awareness among people about the new avenues.
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